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A Critical Week for Stocks

What’s in Today’s Report:

  • A Critical Week for Stocks
  • Weekly Market Preview:  Will the Fed confirm smaller rate hikes in the months ahead?
  • Weekly Economic Cheat Sheet:  Is the U.S. economy quickly losing momentum?

Futures are modestly lower following disappointing inflation data and as Russia suspended grain shipments from Crimea.

EU HICP (their CPI) ran hotter than expected, rising 10.7% vs. (E) 10.2% y/y while Core HICP rose 5.0% vs. (E) 4.8%, again showing that inflation pressures are not easing.

Russia suspended grain shipments in response to rocket attacks on Crimea, sending wheat prices sharply higher which will add to inflation pressures.

Today there are no economic reports but there are some notable earnings, especially from the semi-conductor companies and some companies we’re watching include:  ON ($1.31), NXPI ($3.62), CAR ($14.80).

Tom Essaye Quoted in MorningStar on October 24th, 2022

Gold futures retreat after Friday’s wild ride

“The trend is still lower for now but once we can actually say we have reached peak-hawkishness, the outlook for gold will very likely shift to neutral (if not bullish) from bearish,” said Tom Essaye, a former Merrill Lynch trader and the founder of the Sevens Report newsletter. Click here to read the full article.

Sevens Report Co-Editor Tyler Richey Quoted in Market Watch on October 21st, 2022

Oil ends higher; natural gas prices post a weekly loss of more than 20%

“The Biden administration introduced an ‘SPR put’ to the oil market this week when they announced purchasing crude to replenish reserves when prices dip towards $70 a barrel,” Tyler Richey, co-editor at Sevens Report Research, told MarketWatch. Click here to read the full article.

Sevens Report Analysts Quoted in Market Watch on October 17th, 2022

Oil futures settle slightly lower, extending last week’s sharp loss

“The backdrop of sticky high inflation resulting in increasingly more hawkish Fed policy expectations for the foreseeable future and the subsequent rise in recession fears will likely keep a lid on WTI in the low to mid $90s,” analysts at Sevens Report Research wrote in Monday’s newsletter. Click here to read the full article.

Tom Essaye Quoted in Forbes on October 17th, 2022

Yet Another Rollercoaster Week For Stocks On Deck: Dow Jumps 550 Points

Inflation cooling is the “key to market stabilization,” Sevens Report analyst Tom Essaye wrote in a Monday note, pointing out that the Federal Reserve and other central banks will not ease their monetary policy until there’s “conclusive” proof of inflation receding. Click here to read the full article.

Sevens Report Co-Editor Tyler Richey Quoted in Market Watch on October 14th, 2022

Oil prices fall for the week, thanks to economic outlooks ‘denting demand expectations’

“Oil has given back roughly half of the October gains this week thanks to the negative shift in policy and economic outlooks denting demand expectations,” Tyler Richey, co-editor at Sevens Report Research, told MarketWatch. Click here to read the full article.

Sevens Report Co-Editor Tyler Richey Quoted in Market Watch on October 14th, 2022

Oil futures finish lower for the session and week

“With many analysts and economists now forecasting a recession as their base case outlook for 2023, demand estimates for everything from energy products to industrial metals are taking a hit,” said Tyler Richey, co-editor at Sevens Report Research. Click here to read the full article.

Tom Essaye Quoted in Barron’s on October 12th, 2022

S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit New Lows After Release of Fed Minutes

“I don’t think there’s anything in here [minutes] that changes the outlook,” said Sevens Report’s Tom Essaye. Click here to read the full article.

What Yesterday’s Rebound Means for Markets

What’s in Today’s Report:

  • Five Reasons Stocks Rallied Yesterday
  • What the Rebound Means for Markets

Futures are slightly higher as markets digest Thursday’s rebound amidst more positive news from the UK.

Support for the Truss spending/tax cut plan has totally eroded and markets are hopeful the plan will be scrapped entirely, and that’s helping global bond yields fall.

Today there are two notable economic reports, Retail Sales (E: 0.2%) and University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment (E: 58.8), but the key for markets will be the inflation expectations within Consumer Sentiment and if the five-year inflation expectations fall further below 3.0%, that’ll be a positive for markets.  We also get two Fed speakers, George (10:00 a.m. ET) and Cook (10:30 a.m. ET) but we don’t expect them to move markets.

Earnings season also unofficially starts today and key reports to watch include: JPM ($2.97), MS ($1.51), C ($1.55), WFC ($1.09), PNC ($3.66), USB ($1.17) and FRC ($2.19).  If results are better than expected, that can extend Thursday’s rebound.

Sevens Report Co-Editor Tyler Richey Quoted in Market Watch on October 12th, 2022

Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ is flashing a warning that stocks could be about to fall off a cliff

In the past, these “golden crosses” have preceded sharp downturns in stocks. One occurred in September 2008, just before stock-market volatility exploded in response to Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy, according to Tyler Richey, co-editor of the Sevens Report and a stock-market strategist who closely follows the Vix. Click here to read the full article.